Stroke telemedicine, also called "telestroke," is like FaceTime or Skype, but instead of communicating with friends and family, it's connecting emergency patients with neurologists to determine if the patient is having a stroke. And the technology now is being extended from emergency departments into emergency medical vehicles.

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